Shrapnel wounds. Brain injuries. Burns. Trump is throwing our troops into unjustified foreign wars while gutting our VA and making it harder to get the care they earned when they come home.

Joint venture between #VA & #DoJ is protecting #veterans’ rights by ….. working to take them away. The idea that the federal gov’t needs to get involved in these proceedings is absurd. Local medical centers are already navigating these challenging situations.

“Could result in adverse consequences,” #SecVA said. I can’t tell you the number of #veterans who confided they were afraid to seek treatment -even for debilitating symptoms-out of fear they could lose their incomes. #SecVa: making #vets’ lives harder & calling it progress. Classic.

The research, medical breakthroughs, space exploration, job safety guidelines, energy conservation opportunities - everything your tax dollars bought belongs to you. If you have questions, ask. From local gov @protip.altgov.info to mental health @vhabrainwitch.altgov.info we've got your gov covered.

VA Employees in Shock Over Alex Pretti’s Death, Administration Response prospect.org/2026/01/28/i...

The 2 federal agents involved in the killing of Alex Pretti have been placed on leave. While this is most certainly not enough, it is the first step towards legal accountability. Keep the pressure up. Push your congressional reps. Attend protests at your local VA this weekend. Stay loud.

In front of every VA this weekend.

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

So, we can lower all flags for a piece of shit racist & bigoted PODCASTER, but don’t you dare remember the brave nurse who was murdered by ICE for filming them and protecting a woman. #AlexPretti was a patriot and a decent human being. #dougcollins is a fascist fuckface.

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

The administration is Trump. He is the Chief Executive Officer, the architect, the enabler, & the writer of orders. He owns the culture of abuse and illegal acts that he created.

1) I just had a 91 year old Navy Vet chat me up after his exam in my office. 91, white, skinny with a long beard lol. I would have bet anything MAGA. His direct quote: “I can’t believe the fucking flag isn’t at half mast today at this hospital for that nurse those fat motherfuckers murdered!”

Medical staff at the Minneapolis veterans hospital held a tribute for Alex Pretti, lining the hospital hallways to pay their silent respects in what is known as an honor walk.

To no one’s surprise, #SecVA has shown all of his employees how little he values them. Shame on you, “chaplain.”

Here’s TMZ with a headline every outlet that cares about the truth should have. www.tmz.com/2026/01/24/n...

Show support for Minneapolis and to support those impacted: Get some purple candles and burn them in the evenings! #PurpleRain #ICEOut

We have to see the logic of the killings as well as the killings themselves. The horror is a truth in itself. But it is also a sign of a political logic, one known from the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century. snyder.substack.com/p/lies-and-l...

USA today!

Reminder: mark your calendar’s for December 1st, it is World AIDS Day. Since the administration doesn’t want the government commemorating the day, let’s be loud by showing our support. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...

Those Epstein Files must absolutely terrible for Trumplethinskin.

Steve Greenberg cartoon: Once again, Trump disrespects the military and the Constitution, and so does Pete Hegseth...

@deadder.bsky.social 😔😔😔

Attn NC: ICE and CBP rumored to be headed back to the land of the long leaf pine. Info in the thread below for further action.

They are still essential heroes in my eyes. Thank you to our healthcare workers!

WE HAD AN INKLING

1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.

NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction. As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil. This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.

We didn’t fight against fascism, racism, and tyranny only to pretend the symbols tied to that history are less harmful now. Thankfully this has been walked back, because this was the opposite of what our country needs. Our standards must be ever higher. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

(1/9) The CG and Hate Symbols: What We Know So Far (a thread). Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.

Examples include: 🔸️Targeting civilians intentionally 🔸️Torturing prisoners of war 🔸️Looting or pillaging property 🔸️A commanding officer orders personnel to suppress lawful protests in violation of First Amendment rights 🔸️Violations of International Laws

Soooo we got some of the expectations for SSA Field Offices(FO) today for FY26, and now I’m drinking tonight, so before I dive into that, let’s talk about what Frankie FiServ and his merry band of vile miscreants that run SSA are expecting of their employees this year 😐😐😐😐

Speaker Johnson said it was the Dems who were acting “wildly inappropriate” by suggesting military members should disobey unlawful orders. Rephrased, Trump & Johnson are saying that troops must obey unlawful orders. Unlawful orders. "Do the illegal thing I'm ordering you to do." girightshotline.org

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Great thread on today's delayed September #JobsReport from @aaronsojourner.org. Keep in mind the number may be revised downward in coming months. We are grateful to our colleagues at BLS who are doing the best they can to produce quality data under extremely challenging circumstances.

We know this admin’s SOP is projection. With this, yet again, they’re confessing.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

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More changes are afoot at the NIH, and not in a good way. There are several new notices (NOTs) out. Here’s a big one: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

It’s not your job to defend them. If their name is in the files then they are welcome to provide explanations or defense of their own character. And also, those “innocent people” are not more important than the survivors and justice. Starting to think Mikey is in the files. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Women are watching abusive dynamics play out on the national stage and for many it feels very, very familiar to what they’ve experienced regularly— I hope midterms are a referendum

FYI- @siembranc.bsky.social launched an app to assist with locating and avoiding ICE. Info from local news source below.

With ICE activity ramping up across the country, it is helpful to include as much info as possible when sharing within your community. S.A.L.U.T.E. ​Size/Strength ​Actions/Activity ​Location & Direction ​Uniform/Clothes ​Time & Date of Observation ​Equipment & Weapons #SALUTEICE 🖕